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The Californian

The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

The Californian

The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

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A girl checks her watch as the sun beams on her face. She is confused as to why the bright light shines so late.

Daylight savings needing to go

Chioma Onyema, Staff Writer March 21, 2025

For students, time management is key. But what happens when time is inconsistent and busy students can’t properly plan out their days, causing stress and many health risks? As long as Daylight Savings...

The duality of brainrot. The enlightened on the left and the uneducated on the right.

Brainrot revolutionizes modern communication

Korn Ravipaty, Staff Writer March 21, 2025

Welcome to Brainrot 101. I’m going to be your professor today. Brainrot encapsulates online slang, influencers and trends that are purposefully dumb. It hypnotizes its audience under the disguise of...

From left to right, Cal High students  Sarah Truitner, Svanika Doddavarapu, Hailey Yi, and Sophia Park pose. Each student is involved in competitive horse riding.

Cal’s four horsewomen leap ahead

Chioma Onyema, Staff Writer March 21, 2025

A strong appendix mare shows off its glistening, athletic and muscled body as it trots to its owner in the warm midday sun. The horse’s sweet and cuddly nature peeks through her brawny exterior as she...

Trump was signing executive orders at the Oval Office on Jan. 20, on his first day in office.

Some new policies enacted

Yaalini Augustine, Staff Writer March 21, 2025

Although it seems like President Donald Trump has already enacted many controversial policies, there are still many more yet to come. Here is an overview of his plans for the next few months. Tariffs Trump...

A nearly empty movie theater room playing “Joker” symbolizes the dying popularity of watching movies in theaters.

Are movie theaters a dying business?

Livi Jung, Staff Writer March 21, 2025

Movie theaters first started as storefronts before growing to become grand exhibitions for motion pictures. Two guys, William Rock and Walter Wainwright, had the original idea to let the public see films...

A former forensics student uses a micropipette in class to collect data from micro tube. Current Cal students will get to learn these techniques now that forensics is offered again.

Old classes are back, some courses renamed

Zoya Iqbal, Staff Writer March 21, 2025

As course registration for the 2025-26 school year comes to a close, Cal High students seeing several former classes that have been brought back for next year. Courses that have returned to the course...

Cal high teachers gather at the front of the school to protest against the budget cuts.

Budget cuts impact the district heavily

Kavin Jain, Staff Writer February 12, 2025

The San Ramon Valley Unified School District approved more than $26 million in budget cuts last month, impacting students, teachers and staff across the district. Adopted on Jan. 14, the school board...

Ex-Tetris workers now work behind-the-scenes on the new hit game, Block Blast.

Seriously, why is Block Blast so popular?

Chioma Onyema, Staff Writer February 12, 2025

It’s here. One of the most popular games in the world topping charts with more than 40 million daily users. It’s the greatest phenomenon to strike planet Earth since the invention of the wheel. It’s...

Players from “Squid Game Season 2” compete in one of the many perilous challenges to win the $30 million in prize money.

‘Squid Game’ returns with Season 2

KK DeMello, Staff Writer February 12, 2025

“Squid Game” was a global phenomenon and a cultural classic overnight when it aired in 2021 because of its deadly games and Netflix’s massive promotional campaign. Since that inaugural season was...

TikTok’s brief ban in the United States effected millions of users all over the country. The app can no longer be downloaded from the App Store.

TikTok ban shocks users

Korn Ravipaty, Staff Writer February 12, 2025

American TikTok users were left in suspense as the frozen ban of the popular social media app was announced to last for another 90 days. Due to parent company ByteDance refusing to sell TikTok to an American...

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